In re Logan H. CA5

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Sheriff’s deputies came to a house in Exeter on the afternoon of April 4, 2013, in response to a carjacking reported by the victim, Amy K. Amy was a pizza delivery driver.

1The California Youth Authority (CYA) has been renamed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). (Gov. Code, §§ 12838.1, 12838.5.)

2 She told the deputies she had gone to Logan’s address in Exeter with a delivery about 25 minutes earlier. A child who came to the door told her to bring the pizza to the back of the house. When she did so, an older youth pointed a gun at her and made her lie on the ground while she was bound and blindfolded. Two others joined them and the group subjected her to a variety of threats, saying they would have to kill her with the gun or a knife or in some other way. One of the attackers said he was going to break her neck and tried to do so by holding her head in his hands and twisting it. Finally, one of the youths forced Amy to take several pills, which he said would kill her. The four took the money from Amy’s delivery bag and left in her car. She got herself untied and ran to a neighbor’s house,…